Posts by Leigh Hostein

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What do you mean, I thought backups were included in Office 365 and Azure?

Apr 03 in News

“What do you mean, I thought backups were included with Office 365 and Azure”. Don’t be the facepalm guy (or girl)! Speak to us about protecting your businesses Office 365 and Azure environments against cyber threats, meeting your Cyber insurance obligations and providing and addressing those Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery requirements.

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Still risking it with Windows 10? Time for Windows 11

Mar 26 in News

Since its first release in 1985, Windows updates have been a regular occurrence. The current version is such a milestone, Microsoft Windows 11 promises the best features to date, combined with the ultimate user experience. Office 365 is that user experience. It operates on Windows 11 and offers a range of improved features. Migrating to

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No more unstable WiFi for our Windsor client

Mar 26 in News

Protec recently deployed a new Ubiquiti WiFi 7 wireless network to Skyworld Aviation in Windsor. Taking our client from an old legacy N speed WiFi network to a super fast and super reliable WiFi 7 network with a throughput of a staggering 45Gbps (7.5 times faster than their old N speed network). Our client now

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Aviation

Aug 08 in Case study

Industry Sector: Aviation Location: Berkshire Challenges: Desktop hardware refresh Secure Remote working Meeting Room Teams Screen Backup and data retention Solutions: 1. Roll out of new Windows 11 computers Our client was running from aging computer with an operating system coming close to falling out of support with Microsoft. Protec audited the current computers, their ...

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Construction

Aug 08 in Case study

Industry Sector: Construction Location: Ascot, Berkshire Challenges: Hacking and ransomware (encrypted files) Weak site-to-site VPN tunnels Improved data retention required Solutions: 1. Resolve server wide ransomware infection Protec received a new enquiry from a business who had experienced a security breach via their main Terminal server (accounting and ordering platform). The hackers encrypted all files ...

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Childcare

Aug 08 in Case study

Industry Sector: Childcare Location: Ascot, Berkshire Challenges: Legacy Exchange Migration to Office 365 Domain Host Migration DNS / Web Protection Site wide WiFi installation Mobile device deployment Solutions: 1. Legacy Exchange Migration to Office 365 Protec advised our client regarding the advantages of migrating from their legacy Exchange 2016 email platform and leveraging the advantages ...

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Private Health Care

Aug 08 in Case study

Industry Sector: Private Health Care Location: Berkshire Challenges: On-Prem Windows server DR Backups Office 365 data and Exch migration Site wide WiFi infrastructure deployment Solutions: 1. On-Prem Windows Server DR Protec advised our client regarding their DR/BCP protection around their IT infrastructure. An additional server (DR server) was implemented to house a copy of the ...

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Large scale Timber architecture projects

Aug 08 in Case study

Industry Sector: Large scale Timber architecture projects Location: Wokingham, Berkshire Challenges: On-premise legacy Windows Active Directory Server On-premise legacy Exchange Server Data Migration to OneDrive/SharePoint Power outages/interruptions User End-Point Protection and Encryption Remote Access Solutions: 1. New Windows HyperV Server with Failover: Protec audited the current legacy on-premise Windows Server to confirm the services this ...

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Property Asset Management

Aug 07 in Case study

Industry Sector: Property Asset Management Location: London Challenges: Creation of business entity from parent company IT Infrastructure design and deployment for new office location Solutions: Data Migration and de-coupling: Protec worked with the parent company to scoped the current IT platforms, data requirements, licenses and security products and hardware. We developed a plan to migrate ...

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